Text Box: Diane Gedeon-Martin, the President of The Write Source, conducts all workshops and conference presentations. After 15 years as a broadcast journalist and corporate marketing professional, she joined the nonprofit sector and, within a few years, began her consulting career. Since starting The Write Source in 1993, she has built a reputation for creating fund development materials that get results. Ms. Gedeon-Martin relates to grant proposal writing as “fundraising term papers.” Her dedication to the field is evident in the way she speaks about the grantseeking process; her enthusiasm is contagious! The materials she developed for workshops, conference sessions, and online seminars/webinars blend the best of a strong academic program with a practical approach to grantseeking to provide an exceptional learning opportunity for all. In 2001, she joined the faculty of The Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University where she not only teaches Preparing Successful Grant Proposals but is also a curriculum advisor for the course. Previously, she taught for four years for the Essentials of Fundraising program conducted by Wayne State University in Detroit. She is also a member of the faculty for the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits. Because of her expertise in the field, she is a frequent guest speaker at conferences sponsored by local, state, national, and international associations. Please see the sample list of workshop and conference hosts on the workshops page of this website for more information. The roster includes six consecutive years speaking at the annual Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) International Conference and a presenter for their Audioconference Series. AFP 39th International Conference, St. Louis, MO - 2002 AFP 40th International Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada - 2003 AFP 41st International Conference, Seattle, WA - 2004 AFP 42nd International Conference, Baltimore, MD - 2005 AFP 43rd International Conference, Atlanta, GA - 2006 AFP 44th International Conference, Dallas, TX - 2007 AFP 6th Annual Audioconference Series, September 6, 2007 See the workshop schedule and conferences pages of this website to learn more about upcoming venues where she will be sharing her expertise about the grantseeking process. She speaks at conferences all over the country and may be in a location near you! She is an active member of the AFP and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Chapter. She is also the former co-chair of the AFP Greater Detroit Chapter’s Grantseekers Network and former chair of their Education committee. Her other affiliations include memberships in the Association for Professional Researchers for Advancement, the Association for Women in Communications, and as a charter member of the American Association of Grant Professionals. In the February 2006 issue of The Philanthropy Journal, she provided an overview of “What Grantmakers Want.” Ms. Gedeon-Martin cited three things nonprofits can do to strengthen their grantseeking efforts. See the online article by clicking the link to the left. In the July/August 2003 issue of Advancing Philanthropy published by the AFP, the author of the article, “Take Nothing for Granted,” interviewed Ms. Gedeon-Martin for her insights into the world of grantseeking. To view the .pdf article, please see the link to the left. To acquire Adobe Acrobat Reader for the .pdf file, click on the link to below. © 1997-2008 The Write Source, LLC, Glastonbury, CT. All rights reserved.

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Text Box: Text Box: Diane Gedeon-Martin, President The Write Source